ditton
/ˈdɪtən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Nekeb : this is a ditch, where we may conceive Jordan was let out for the more convenient watering of other ground. And have we not more then twenty Dittons or Ditch-tons on the ſame occaſion in England?"
- "Theſe Dittons ſerve ofttimes to inſtruct us, what is the true Bearing : Thus the Earle of Glencairn’s Ditton, Fork over fork, ſhowes that his Bearing is a Fork, and not an Epiſscopal Pale, as ſome would have it :[…]"
- "Vireſcit vulnere virtus [courage grows strong at a wound], the Motto or Ditton of Steuart Earl of Galloway, is relative to the Creſt, a Pelican vulnered feeding her Young in a Neſt proper; which Figure is an Emblem of our Saviour: And the ſame Figure for Creſt the Steuarts Earls of Murray uſe, with the Motto, Salus per Chriſtum redemptorem [salvation through Christ the redeemer]."
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Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈdɪtən/